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Four~Caster
Mainlands Unit IV
www.mainlands.org
February 2015
Stuffed Cabbage, Kielbasa and Pierogies
The crew above from the Men’s Club and their wives (the Men’s club cooks) worked very hard to prepare
and serve a wonderful Polish dinner. The wives and some of the men spent a couple of days shopping and the
Root’s brought the Kielbasa back from Northwest Indiana when they came back from Christmas with their
family. There was a great turnout and plenty of good eating. Thanks to the above crew
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Once more I must remind everyone to obtain a
permit from Unit 4 before any work is performed
outside your home. I always thought air conditioners
only broke on the hottest day of the year, but it
seems that February is also a busy month. When you
need a new unit, the air conditioner companies tell
the customer they will get the permits, but the ones
they acquire are from the city. Once you have
agreed to have a new air-conditioner installed the
company wants to do the job in a hurry, but don’t be
swayed. The homeowner is required to get a permit
from Unit 4. We always check to see that contractors have the appropriate licenses and insurance for
your protection. May I also remind you to get a
second opinion when air-conditioner personnel tell
you a new unit is absolutely necessary. Not everyone is looking out for your best interest.
The Master Association has a policy that any
contractor doing work in Mainlands must have a sign
on their vehicle with the company name and license
number. Legal contractors are required to have this
information on their company cars. It helps keep
things on the up and up. Mainlands does not allow
contractors to advertise by placing signs outside. It
is considered soliciting, so if your contractor asks
permission to put a sign on your lawn, please tell
them no.
To those of you with pets we ask you to be
good neighbors. When you walk your pets, pick up
after them and take the doggie bag home to your
own trash receptacle. Leaving animal droppings on
lawns causes odors, health hazards and are unsightly. All animals, including cats, must be leashed
when outdoors. Please do not leave pets on a tether
outside your home. No dog may be over 35 pounds
at maturity, and no cat may be over 15 pounds at
maturity. The majority of pet owners are very good
about picking up after their pets, but it was recently
brought to the attention of the Board that many
News from the Board
We hope your New Year has started off with only
good things and will continue to be a wonderful year
for all. Special thanks to Leni Miller, Ed Larivee
and all who helped send 2014 out with a bang. The
New Year’s Eve party was great fun. It is now time
to celebrate love. Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
May you be secure in the love of family and good
friends!
WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN TV CHANNEL! Tune
to channel 732 for the latest news. It has news from
the property manager including police, irrigation
schedules upcoming events etc. etc. Just tried it for
the first time and it is a little jumpy and out of focus.
Since this is a brand new system for us it will take a
little time to work out the kinks. I’ve been told “We
are working on it”. Please be patient as I believe it
will be a great asset for communication. If you have
never had a box from bright house, you will need to
call them at 1-866-497-4630 to schedule installation. Be sure to tell them this is part of Mainlands
Unit 4 upgraded service. There is no charge for the
installation of ONE (1) box and a remote control. If
you already have a box, you are set. The cost of
ONE (1) box should be deducted from your bright
house bill. Event posting(s) (for our TV channel)
require submission of a form to the property management office. A form may be obtained from the
office in person or by having it e-mailed to you.
TELEPHONE
(727) 576-1203
FAX (727) 576-2161
FRANCIS M. LEE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
LAW OFFICES OF CAROLINE & LEE PA
MAINLANDS VILLAGE
4551 MAINLANDS BLVD., STE. F
PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA 33782
Disclaimer: The Social Club of Unit IV in no way endorses any
advertisers in the Four~Caster. The Social Club takes no responsibility in any actions or wrong doings of said advertisers.
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smokers are throwing their butts on the ground and it
makes the neighborhood look shabby. If you are a
smoker, please take your butts home and place them
in your trash containers.
Everyone is aware of the rule against overnight parking on the streets of Mainlands. Please
refer to 10D on the bottom of page 18 and the top of
page 19, in the Declaration of Condominium, regarding this restriction. Each resident was given two
yellow parking permits for guests so that cars can be
parked in the clubhouse parking lot for a limited
period of time. In section 2 page 2 of the Welcome
to Unit #4 booklet, under Visitor Parking it states
“..residents may be parked in a designated area of
the clubhouse parking lot for a period not to exceed
two (2) weeks in any calendar month. ….” Recently
this has become a concern. If you have more cars for
which you have parking needs, you will have to make
arrangements other than parking in the clubhouse
parking lot. We will give you an opportunity to
correct the problem, but if the problem persists, the
car will be towed at the owner’s expense. If you
have misplaced your yellow parking permits, contact
a board member and additional permits will be provided.
Don’t forget to give a kiss to those you love
on Valentine’s Day. Hope to see you at the
Homeowners’ meeting on Thursday, February 26,
2015 at 7:00 p.m.
Regards,
Ann DaSilva, Homeowners’ Board President
The new year is starting off very good. There is a lot of activity and homes are selling.
The availability of homes for sale has leveled out to an average of 32 on the market for
sale in all of Mainlands. Please feel free to call me and just chat about anything real
estate. Remember - a market analysis is free for the asking.
MAINLANDS - UNIT 4 Property Information From MLS System As of January 15, 2015
Status
1. Active
2. Active
3. Active
4. Active
5. Active
6. Active
7. Active
Address
Beds Baths
Sq Ft
Garage
Listed Pr.
Sold Pr
Sale Date DOM*
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1129 1 Car
1328 1 Car
1328 Carport
1328 1 Car
1715 2 Car
1682 1 Car
1246 1 Car
$109,900.00
$114,900.00
$115,900.00
$139,999.00
$149,900.00
$159,000.00
$162,900.00
1. Pending 3622 100th Terrace 2
2
1296
1 Car
$120,000.00 Scheduled
2
2
1649
3 2 1/2 1843
2
2
1803
1 Car
2 Car
2 Car
$144,900.00 $143,000.00 Dec.15,2014 9
$169,900.00 $168,000.00 Nov.19,2014 3 5
$174,900.00 $170,000.00 Dec.15,2014 1 3
1. Sold
2. Sold
3. Sold
3629 101st Terrace
3437 96th Terrace
9733 Mainlands Bv
10150 36th Way
9701 36th Way
3546 100th Terrace
3698 101st Terrace
3541 98th Ave N
3477 97th Terrace
9873 37th Street
45
64
101
275
142
28
44
Jan.30,2015 5 2
*DOM = Days On Market
Del Dunn
Office: 801 West Bay
Largo, FL 33770
727-692-1191
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helping with the food. Nova Redlow and Randy
Miller for doing the table decorations. Ted Swift for
setting up the tables and taking them down along with
his wife Cathy, John Petrillis, Ed Larivee, Jack
Chagnon and Randy Miller and John Voss. Thank
you.
A very special Thanks to Ed Larivee for the two
years of help and support with everything I had to
do. Ann Margaret Schneider and Janice Schiller for
doing our marquee every month. Thank you also to
Janice Schiller for running our Social Club Bingo with
a lot of helping hands from our unit. Last but not least
I want to thank my good friend Nancy Voss for
helping me with the Four~Caster . I wrote it and she
put it in the computer. Again thank you so much
Nancy. If I forgot anyone please forgive me. I hope
that you all give the new president the same help.
Thanks again.
Leni Miller, Social Club President
Social Club News
Hello and Happy New Year!
This is my last article for the Forecaster as
President of the Social Club.
I’d like to thank everybody that supported all my
projects and stood by my side for the past two years.
I would especially like to thank my terrific board. Joe
Radaker as my vice president helped me tremendously, Susan Sagues was an excellent Secretary.
Susan Ohl as Treasurer, Linda Bonneman our 2nd
vice president and Louise Fill for all the shopping for
our dry goods. I would also like to thank Ron Vagnier
for doing the Four~Caster. Anna Mitru as hostess of
our Social Club Breakfast and everyone that works,
serves, cooks and cleans up for our breakfast. A
great big thank you. Brenda Leong for printing all our
tickets and flyers.
New Year’s Eve Party was my last party, again
thank you all for helping to make it a big success.
Jean McMahon, Linda Bonneman and Susan Ohl for
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the Fafards, the Starrs, the Christicks, the Roots,
Maureen Corley, Ann DaSilvia and granddaughter
Olivia, John Petrelis, Dick Harriman, Ed Osmar, Ron
The clubhouse looked great for the holidays thanks to
Vagnier. It would be impossible to host a dinner or a
the Women’s club for the inside decorations and the
dance without a great amount of help from hard
Men’s club for the outside. However the lights had to
working friends. Thanks to all. Also, thanks to all
come down. Thanks to Mike Starr, Bill Root, Andy
that came and enjoyed a great dinner and supported
Fafard, Dick Harriman, John Petrelis, Richard Webb
the Men’s Club.
and a special thanks for the help from Bev
Please remember that the next event for the
Applebee’s grandson and his friend for getting the job
Men’s club will be the Valentine’s Day Dance on
done.
Febuary 14,. Music will be provided for your dancing
We started the New Year with a great dance on
pleasure by “Jose LaBoy” who also provided enterNew Years Eve. I believe everyone had a great time.
tainment for New Years. You can get tickets from
The Polish dinner was also a great success!
Bob Corley or Bill Root. So please bring your best
Thanks to our female Men’s Club members, Carol
girl or guy and have a great time. The dance will be
Root, Maureen Corley, and Jayne Fafard for shopfrom 6:30 to 10:00 PM, with light snacks, BYOB, for
ping and doing all of the cooking. Also, thanks to
a cost of $10.00.
Judy Reed and Mel Christick for baking apple
cakes. Thanks also for all of the help, from the
Men’s Club News Continued on page 8
servers and those that helped setup and or clean up,
Men’s Club News
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Men’s Club News Continued from page 5
Several weeks out but keep in mind that we
have an oldies dance on March 28,. We will have
music for your dancing pleasure by “Just Us”
We finally had a good group on Tuesday the January
sixth at 6:00 PM for darts. None of us are that great,
but we had great time! Then we had darts on the
January 13. and only 3 of us showed up. Instead of just
sitting around on a Tuesday, please try to join us.
The next event for the Men’s Club will be an afternoon
at the Dog track on Wednesday Jan 21. It will be lunch
and betting on the dogs. Good luck to all. I hope to see
all of you at one of our next events. Until then, from all
of the Men’s Club, good health, have fun, enjoy the
weather and stay safe.
Bob Corley
President Men’s Club
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For information contact
Ron by email at;
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Neighborhood Watch - Unit 4
Hello to all the residents of Unit 4. I would like to
wish everyone a great year ahead. I have been
checking with the Police every few days to see if
there is any activity going on in or around the Mainlands. Most of the problems are with businesses
along route 19. Don’t forget to call the police if you
see anything suspicious and keep alert. Please be
aware of scams - especially people claiming to be
from the IRS.
Remember it is your Neighborhood Watch
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Linda L Erceg, Community Watch
Attention: Block Captains
Just a reminder that I need your resident’s information
for the 2015-2016 edition of the phonebook. I have
to turn in the final information the end of this month,
and then it will be too late.
Thank you for that you do for Unit IV, and to remind
everyone that I have a new phone number 727-2150913. I no longer have a land line just a cell phone.
Thank you,
Judy Reed
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Mainlands Community Channel
Our community now has a dedicated television channel
where our residents can receive any pertinent community information. We invite all of our residents to tune in.
If you currently have a digital box your channel will be
732. If you have a digital ready television you would
tune in to station 98.1
Our residents can also submit postings to the
office that they would like to see on the channel. The
forms for submission are available in the association’s
business office. Please note that we will NOT be
posting advertisements or businesses. This service is
for community alerts, updates, schedules, emergencies, etc. We encourage our various clubs to be
active in their postings.
As this service is brand new to the business
office we have been working diligently to iron out all
of the kinks. We ask your patience while we work on
being “perfect”.
Respectfully,
Mollie Kirhagis, LCAM
Property Manager
Mainlands of Tamarac by the Gulf
Shuffleboard
By the time you are reading this article, we will be
winding down our Shuffleboard season. The following is the remainder of our season. Please feel free to
come and cheer us on for any of our home games:
Feb 3
Home vs Lowes City
Feb 12
Home vs Americana Cove 2
Feb 17
Home vs Silver Lake
Feb 24
Home vs Pasadena
Mar 3
Away vs Americana Cove 1
We had a wonderful year and will continue to
practice during the off-season. We are looking for
new team members, so come and join all the fun.
Andy and Marge
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Toys for Tots
If you had as much fun as we did, then you are still
smiling... because we are.
Our Toys For Tots gala was a huge success. We
want to thank you for your generosity and applause
as we offered you an afternoon of fun and, certainly,
great baked goodies.
Wasn’t it wonderful to have the Marines with
us? It would seem that all 125 of you had a wonderful
time. We hope you celebrated a Blessed and Merry
Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year.
Judy Reed and Jayne Fafard
Ed.note; Apoligies to Judy and Jayne due to
ommision last month.
Laws of Golf
LAW 1:
No matter how bad your last shot was, you should
have Inner Peace knowing that a worse one is yet to
come. This LAW does not expire on the 18th hole,
since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over
the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually,
a lifetime.
LAW 2:
Your best round of golf will be followed almost
immediately by your worst round ever. The probability of the latter increases with the number of people
you tell about the former.
Laws of Golf Continued on page 17
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Important Emergency
Phone Numbers
If You See Unusual Or
Suspicious Activity Call
Extreme Emeergency 911
Non Emergency Pinellas Park Police
541 - 0758 OR 541 - 0759
Crime Prevention 541- 0761
If a street light is out call
Street Light Repair (800) 700-8744
Get the number from the pole to identify
the exact location.
LAW 7:
All 3-woods are demon-possessed. Your Mother in
LAW does not come close.
LAW 8:
Golf balls from the same “sleeve” tend to follow one
another, particularly out of bounds or into the water.
See LAW 3.
LAW 9:
The last three holes of a round will automatically
adjust your score to what it really should be.
LAW 10:
Golf should be given up at least twice per month.
LAW 11:
All vows taken on a golf course shall be valid only
until the sunset.
LAW 12:
Since bad shots come in groups of three, your fourth
consecutive bad shot is really the beginning of the
next group of three.
Laws of Golf Continued from page 16
LAW 3:
Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. Though this
cannot be proven in the lab, it is a known fact that the
more expensive the golf ball, the greater its attraction
to water. Expensive clubs have been known to be
partly made with this most unusual natural alloy.
LAW 4:
Golf balls never bounce off of trees back into play. If
one does, the tree is breaking a LAW of the universe
and should be cut down.
LAW 5:
The higher a golfer’s handicap, the more qualified he
deems himself as an instructor.
LAW 6:
A golfer hitting into your group will always be bigger
than anyone in your group. Likewise, a group you
accidentally hit into will consist of a football player, a
professional wrestler, a convicted murderer and an
IRS agent — or some similar combination.
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